Conceiving a baby after husband's death

On March 17, 1999, two years after her husband died, a woman in Los Angeles gave birth to a girl after using sperm taken from her dead husband. It was the first time in the United States that a baby was conceived this way, and some ethicists have criticized the practice.

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Is it all right to bring a child into the world using sperm from the baby's dead father?

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